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| - | '''Noise pop''' is a subgenre of [[alternative rock|alternative]]/[[indie rock]] developed in the mid-1980s in the UK and US that mixes dissonant [[noise (music)|noise]] or [[audio feedback|feedback]] with the songcraft more often found in [[pop music]]. | + | '''Shoegazing''' (also known as '''shoegaze''') is a subgenre of [[indie rock]], [[alternative rock]], and [[neo-psychedelia]] that emerged in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. The style is typified by the blurring of component musical parts—typically significant guitar [[distortion (music)|distortion]], [[audio feedback|feedback]] and obscured vocals—into indistinguishable mixtures of sound. |
| - | == History == | + | ==See also== |
| - | + | * [[Beautiful Noise (film)|''Beautiful Noise'' (film)]] | |
| - | Noise pop has been described by [[AllMusic]] as "the halfway point between [[bubblegum music|bubblegum]] and the [[avant-garde]]"; the combination of conventional [[pop music|pop]] songwriting with [[experimental music|experimental]] sounds of white noise, [[distortion (music)|distorted]] guitars and [[drone (music)|drones]]. Accordingly, the style "often has a hazy, narcotic feel, as melodies drift through the swirling guitar textures. But it can also be bright and lively, or angular and challenging." AllMusic cites [[the Velvet Underground]] as the earliest roots of the genre, with their experiments with feedback and distortion on their early albums. | + | * [[List of shoegazing musicians]] |
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| - | Early American alternative rock bands like [[Sonic Youth]], [[Yo La Tengo]] and [[Dinosaur Jr.]], who mixed rock song structures with guitar distortion, were immediate forerunners. [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]]'s 1985 debut, ''[[Psychocandy]]'', is considered by AllMusic to be the archetype for the noise pop genre ("pretty much birthed the style"). Kareem Estefan of ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' cited the album for "transforming the use of distortion in indie rock with its screeching abrasion, yet managing to feature some of the catchiest melodies of the 80s." | + | |
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| - | Later in the 1980s, noise pop was a major inspiration for the British [[shoegazing]] movement. Influenced by The Jesus and Mary Chain, [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] started to experiment with a fusion of 1960s [[pop music]] and noise on their EP, ''[[The New Record by My Bloody Valentine]]'', paving way to their forthcoming shoegazing sound. Noise pop continued to be influential in the [[indie rock]] scene into the 1990s. | + | |
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| - | == See also == | + | |
| - | * [[No wave]] | + | |
| - | * [[Noise Pop Festival]] | + | |
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Shoegazing (also known as shoegaze) is a subgenre of indie rock, alternative rock, and neo-psychedelia that emerged in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. The style is typified by the blurring of component musical parts—typically significant guitar distortion, feedback and obscured vocals—into indistinguishable mixtures of sound.
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